I get to share some projects I have been holding on to that are part of a product review for Splitcoaststampers. Many of you know my long standing love of “Splitcoast” because it is always full of creative inspiration, techniques, tutorials and reviews. I was asked to take a look at some Clearsnap Petal Point Pigment Inks that are being released in two new color groupings (Sunset and Boardwalk). Please hop right over to see my thoughts and the analyses of some amazing stampers (and their projects!) – Product Review. If you want to see the whole gallery of work with these inks, CLICK HERE.

In my review, I mention how I was playing with the ink and trying new things. I reference a card on kraft (Crumb Cake) card stock and an ombré card. I wanted to share those here too since I had not put them on my blog yet. I love the pretty Sunset color family for my Congrats card, don’t you?! The strong colors from the pigment ink are fabulous on this background stamp!In my flower card I was able to use the Boardwalk ink to get a gorgeous look on my Crumb Cake paper. I love how the Dune color is a match and yet shows up beautifully with the line image flower. While you are over at Splitcoast, take some time to look around and appreciate all the resources. You’ll be glad you did! Thanks for stopping in today. See you soon!

I hope you are having a great week! I’m so happy to share the latest sketch from Freshly Made Sketches. Our sketch hostess this week is one seriously amazing stamper! Jen Mitchell has created a gorgeous sketch for us and I’m totally in love with it!

I tried to use a different color palette than I have been playing with lately and started first with this go-to flower from Altenew’s Beautiful Day stamp set. I stamped using Versafine ink and then colored using Zig Clean Color Markers. Just two colors was all it took to get pretty variation on the petals. I fussy cut it out and then added it to this ivory base to match the sketch. I used the Softly Falling embossing folder to give dimension to the top panel and added a Paper Pumpkin sentiment on the bottom later. I then added a Basic Pearl (colored with a Sharpie) and some Black Metallic Thread to the flower.

This sketch has infinite potential and I think I may use it again soon! Love, love it! I hope you will too. So glad you stopped in for today’s card. I’ll be back tomorrow with a look at a new product and I can’t wait to share. Until then, have a great day!!

So on Saturday, I had the most lovely invitation to go to an event that was a “bring your own craft” kind of thing. There were Stampin’ Up demos and customers along with some other company reps and friends. These ladies get together each month to just make things all day. I know what you are thinking and you are right! It was awesome! I could only go for a few hours but it is amazing how much that time is good for the soul. Per my usual, I accomplished very little because I’m never sure what to pack (and I’m the slowest stamper). But I did bring along this flower to color and some things that I might be able to use for this sketch from Freshly Made Sketches. I have to say that I just love the creative possibilities that this week’s hostess, the lovely Jennifer Brum, has given us!

I only used two colors from my Zig Clean Color Pack (a bright pink and a yellow) to color this flower but I love how they work together and blend to create the orange. With the strength of the flowers colors, I opted to use a neutral base so I chose Smoky Slate. The sentiment is from the same Altenew set as the flower (Beautiful Day) and I stamped it in Versafine ink and the layered the white with some Melon Mambo. I added some Daffodil ribbon that I have hoarded in my stash since it is so pretty with the flower. I think I’ll be adding this sketch to my go-to group. I see lots of ways to use it!

And yes, the team has definitely come up with some of them. As always, they are amazing! Well, lots of posts this week and I’m back to the stamp room to get ready for some more coming up soon. Until then, I hope you have a great day! As for the monthly gathering…I can’t wait to go back and this time actually finish some projects! See you soon!

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